What oil for maintanance

I prefer Finish Line Extreme Fluoro on most of my folders. It's fluorinated grease and works really well for me. A little goes a long way and it comes in a huge syringe type thing for precision application. My Bechmades are getting Tuf-Glide at the moment, though I'm considering making the switch to Diawa Reel oil for them.
 
Spydesense said:
Has anyone ever proven or made definite that Ballistol is harmful to Bronze Phospher washers?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlS4k2yjCw8

It was tested here and he left the washer in the stuff for about a week. If you look back at the earlier video he made of the washer's original condition, it did indeed more or less acid etch the bronze phospher. Having seen this... I'd not recommend Ballistol as a knife lube as it does seem to be harmful.
 
I haven't seen any 3 in 1 oil in a long time but that is what we used on my mother's old Singer sewing machine. If I can find a small can of Marvel Mystery Oil I may try some of that. In the mean time I have been using some Braun machine oil that came with my electric razor.
 
Hey ahhhhhh . . .
I ran across this sitting around the shop. I couldn’t throw it out but wasn’t sure when I would have further use for it.

I tend to use WD-40 as a solvent for cleaning small parts. My shop has no windows and the only way to get serious ventilation is to open the huge double car wide garage door. Not the best idea in the winter. So even though I have a full size mechanic’s solvent tank with gallons and gallons of solvent with built in pump and facet etc. (solvent stored in 5 gal fuel cans for now) I am currently cleaning small parts with WD.

This nut cup . . .
no . . . not me . . . see the photo of the ramekin bellow.
:)
This nut cup has had this WD in it for a year or more. It used to be thin and runny out of the gallon can. It soon thickened (in a couple of months) to this gelatinous mass that you see in my photos. When I tilt it up it will run just like the Blob in the movie The Blob. It isn’t rubbery at all ; it’s like molasses.

The reason I am posting it is that it isn’t clearish like mineral oil or Vaseline and it isn’t brown and it doesn’t smell like machine oil (more mineral oil).

I IS fairly orange and smells kind of sweet.

Maybe it is fish oil.

Ha, ha, ha, ha,

I know, I know . . . it isn’t . . . but it is pretty different from the other mineral oils I have on hand :
fine instrument oil
10wt lathe bearing oil
way oil
motor oil
mineral oil like people use to put on their body
Vaseline

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iMarcoU said:
Thanks, googled it and it's indeed wide available. I will buy it tomorrow. Bedankt! [emoji51]
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Be prepared for the stink. I was once talked into using it on my guns and I had to air the safe and my condo out for a week. Take a look at breakfree CLP, works better and little or no odor.
 
I haven't owned a can of WD for YEARS..:thumbdn: John:)
 
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I've been using 3 in1 oil mixed with a little motor oil for about 60 years. Works well, stays put and doesn't require constant re-application. Never stained nor harmed a blade or joint.

Rich
 
I have been involved in the cutlery business for 40+ years. I use WD 40 often. I restore museum-quality knives, make knives, design knives, repair knives, and embellish knives.
Like any other product, WD 40 works well when used as intended. It doesn't take a genius to use it, but I guess one could screw up the application if you tried hard enough.
I think it's a good all-around product.
 
I would not use WD-40 (except for cleaning) or 3-in-one oil. If you want to clean/degrease, just use mineral spirits (AKA paint thinner, VM&P Naptha, Stoddard Solvent, Varsol, Coleman Fuel, etc.)

There are several things I would consider using:

Marvel air tool oil (has anti-rust additive)

Singer sewing machine oil

Fluid Film

Breakfree CLP
 
5w30 motor oil. Or atf. Or CLP. Or 3in1. Or wd40. Or honing oil. Basically whatever I have on hand.
 
Be prepared for the stink. I was once talked into using it on my guns and I had to air the safe and my condo out for a week.
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Probably all the fish oil in it.
Ha, ha, ha, ahhhh

just kidding.
 
I too use WD-40 daily in a professional setting on seriously expensive sporting equipment.

The one thing it does for me that not much else does as well OR AS CLEANLY is . . . it goes in quickly because it is thin and can be blown in there with the aerosol . . . then . . . it dissolves most all of these silly, over priced, over hyped, miraclegunks that people keep finding to squirt or spray all over their things. Usually all that stuff just sets up, dries out and causes more problems than if they just used sewing machine oil or 10wt.

Now solvent would initially do the same thing but it would be worse to breath and it would eventually evaporate entirely and the bloody thing would seize up again. The WD stays pretty thin and just keeps stuff working AND working Well !

Now I COULD disassemble the whole thing, clean everything in solvent and reassemble it with real grease or machine oil as appropriate BUT sometimes that would involve destroying some expensive parts that have to be replaced every time there is a tear down and MOST OFTEN the owner is unwilling to pay for that or wait for an extended period for a rebuild. They just insist on me doing "WHAT EVER QUICK, MAGIC, THING YOU DID LAST TIME TO MAKE IT WORK".

I just sprayed a little slicky on it (WD-40) and yanked it back and forth.

I could do about the same thing with some paint thinner and some 10wt but hey . . . there's WD-40.

Here's another one : People berate British cars for their electrical systems. If one knows how to clean a contact now and then here and there . . . no problem.

The one and only time I ever had a problem starting my old British car was I had just washed the engine and had gotten water on the distributor cap. As the engine cooled it drew the moisture under the cap there is some pretty big areas where this can happen. Later I got in and it wouldn't fire.

I popped the distributor cap, sprayed a little WD in there and it fired first try and we were off.
Not sure what would have happened if I had used paint thinner but . . . it might have blew the cap off the distributor.
 
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i wouldn't over think the oiling process!use as little as possible and your knife will thank you,WD-40 is your best bet.
 
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